Elizabeth "Betty" O'Neill (1936-2021) and Elizabeth A. Barker (1933-2009) both served in the United States Navy Nurse Corps.
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries (Repository)
Digitization of this collection is still in progress.
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4 photo albums, NAS Da Nang 1966-67 Yearbook, plaque, certificates, photographs, poster, 2 hats, and insignia
Elizabeth "Betty" O'Neill (1936-2021) and Elizabeth A. Barker (1933-2009) both served in the United States Navy Nurse Corps. O'Neill was commissioned circa 1957 and retired as a Captain in 1982. She served overseas in Guam, Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam. While in Vietnam in 1970, she was assigned to Station Hospital DaNang, the Military Assistance Command (MACV) in Saigon, and the hospital ship USS Sanctuary AH17. Elizabeth A. Barker was commissioned circa 1959 and retired as a Captain in 1979. When she was stationed at the Naval Hospital in DaNang, Vietnam in 1976, she was awarded the Bronze Star with Combat V. O'Neill and Barker spent their retirement in Jacksonville, North Carolina.
Women's History Military
Navy -- Navy Nurse Corps
Post World War II, Korea (1947-1963) Vietnam Era (1964-1974) Post-Vietnam, Panama, Grenada (1975-1989)
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
